ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - One of the six teenagers charged with murder last year has accepted a plea deal.
19-year-old Keion Darden has pleaded guilty to the charge of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated robbery. He was facing murder and aggravated burglary charges for the death of Jaden Halpern in June of 2022, but those charges were dropped as part of the plea deal.
Darden, along with Khyrese Garner, Jaquan Glenn, Bryanna Houston, and two other underage teens, were charged when Lima police say the group tried to lure Halpern out of his Lane Avenue home. When they couldn't get him to come out, some of them allegedly forced their way into the house carrying air rifles. Halpern's dad saw the weapons and fired a shot, which hit his son in the process and killed him. Darden is scheduled to be sentenced in June, and he could get 23 years in prison on the charges.
